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Post subject: Offseason Moves

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Post subject: Re: Offseason Moves

It helps them reach the salary floor for this coming season. It was a salary dump by Vancouver.

Both should be in the lineup. Mikheyev is a solid player.

Lafferty was with the team before.

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not that mikheyev or lafferty are top 6 guys, but the club improved it's depth and got 2nd round pick for a 4th. i didn't watch enough leaf/canuck games to have a strong opinion on mikheyev - has size. seen some of his goals, good acceleration and gets to the right places to score. the question i'd ask is he truly motivated, game-in, game-out? mikheyev at $4.75 million per year is a bit steep.

lafferty tries hard, not enough skill. a younger blackwell. will the blackhawks sign lafferty?

all in all, i agree, a deal that helps the canucks (promptly resigned dakota joshua after this trade) and blackhawks (reach the cap floor and better draft pick).

i'd rather spend the money on a top 6 FWD and a top 4 RD in free agency. the draft is tonight and july 1 is free agent time. i'll give davidson more time.

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so in the span of like 20 minutes the Hawks signed:

Bertuzzi
Teravinan
Maroon
Martinez
Craig Smith
Broisoit

At least that is what is being reported.

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a genius wrote:

Is Teravinan any good these days?

A comment I saw about Teravainen led with "He's not big, speedy, or physical...."

I guess he's a puck possession guy.

Are any of the other acquisitions decent...or at least breathing?

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shakes wrote:

i like brossoit and this move...he's 'only' 31. he may eventually get more games than mrazek. 2 year deal - could be an easy resign and be the 'bridge' to commesso/gajan.

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Tall Midget wrote:

well that's 6 guys right there who are better than at least 6 guys who played regularly this season for the Hawks. Bertuzzi and Teravinan are both top 6 wingers which is something we didn't have this year.

Martinez is a solid multi Cup winning veteran D man.

Maroon will be a great locker room guy who you can trust to be alone with your mom.

Don't know who the rest of them are TBH

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shakes wrote:

At least they'll have a more competitive team while guys like Nazar, et al, get some professional experience in the A.

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ok, he's been around for awhile. seemed like ages.

weighing and measuring these moves in the first few hours - looks as though the club saw enough of soderblum and didn't rate stauber. zaitsev and tinordi gone, martinez in at D. i believe mikheyev is a bigger x-factor than bertuzzi. if mikheyev skates the way he can, he could get 25-30 goals.

it also seems as though lafferty needs to be signed pronto or the hawks lose all rights to him and he becomes a free agent.

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NWsider4-3-3 wrote:

Lafferty signed with Buffalo. 2 years, 2M per.

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ok..to me, no big loss. pay a penalty-killer/4th-line player $2 million per. blackhawks well over the floor now, still missing a D, preferably a RD, for the 6. i have no problem if the club stands pat here. kaiser and co. still in the wings. issue here is that most are LD. i still wanted pesce...injured in the playoffs - had a fractured fibula near his ankle.

pesce signed with the devils today- 6 years/$33 million. $5.5 million per, i would have paid him more.

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yeah...6 D on the roster - not counting kaiser/allen/del mastro/phillips/crevier...etc.

murphy's deal and brodie's deal expire after 2025-26. thinking that is when (2026-27) the brass expects levshunov to start the season on the roster. forward looking - vlasic/jones/korchinski/levshunov/kaiser and either a rinzel/allen/del mastro...etc.

though not a big fan of murphy, thinking this 2024-25 D is a definite upgrade over the past few years.

i believe this D is fairly set because the club will need to pay bedard, korchinski and may need to pay kurushev (if they want him to stay), nazar (if he pans out). the club is still under the cap and will have nearly $15 million more after this season, when hall, donato, craig smith and athanasiou come off the books. i'm assuming they won't be back after next season. this is where the FWD prospect depth needs to kick in.

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Caller Bob wrote:

Checking my notes here, armed with the most cap space in the NFL, it looks like the Hawks haven't signed a single top 10 FA. Things are going great!

Might want to re-check those notes

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one way or the other, need to keep $$ for 2 years down the road. kurashev/bedard/korchinski/nazar.

they could have signed 2 quality FAs and relied on the youngsters, or, went the path they chose, quantity - and allow the prospects to develop.

craig smith and maroon will be gone after next season along with donato/hall/athanasiou...so, guys like slaggert may get another year to develop. i do like mikheyev - may go from a middle six to a top 6 FWD.

the D is much better - older, but, better. zaitsev/magna and tinordi replaced by brodie/martinez and an assumed healthy connor murphy. kaiser seems the odd man out in 2024-25 here.